Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 51 Hold the match point 3-1!Chances of a Mavericks comeback?Fans: infinitely close to zero!

诺维斯基23投11中，三分球4中1，罚球12中10，砍下33分9篮板3助攻2抢断，今晚化身“沾衣十八跌”，体毛哨吹的飞起。

杰森-特里终于不拉胯了，16投8中，三分球7中2，罚球4中4，得到22分3篮板4助攻，投出了50%的命中率。

Dallas fans see hope again, the series is 1 to 2 behind and still has to fight. If they lose this game, the Mavericks can really prepare their fishing rods and go home to fish.

After the game, when asked whether the referee’s whistleblowing in this game was fair, Nowitzki said without blushing: “Whistleblowing is what the referee cares about. We can only go all out and do what we should do.” Yes. We played very well tonight and hope to continue the state to the next match."

"Little General" Johnson said: "The coaching staff used their free time to study how to deal with the Grizzlies, and the players also played at a high-quality level tonight. We will continue to work hard to win G4 and bring this round of the series back to the game. to the same starting line."

Everyone in the Grizzlies didn't say much at the press conference. Only the head coach Fratello looked annoyed and questioned the fairness of the referee whistled the game.

Although he would be fined by the league for questioning the referee after the game, the foxes who are all millennia old are not stupid.

Fratello used this method to put pressure on the referee, even if he was fined, he would admit it. Anyway, the management was behind him, so he didn't have to pay for it out of his own pocket.

The next morning, the Grizzlies coaching staff held an impromptu meeting.

I will summarize the losses in G3 one by one, and I firmly don't want to see a 2-2 tie.

As the chief assistant, Lu Yong proposed to let Ariza return to the bench and use the experienced veteran Eddie Jones.

On the one hand, Jones can better execute double-teams on the defensive end, on the other hand, Jones' ability to score with the ball is not comparable to Ariza, a rookie.

In the playoffs, the players are all about the stars, and experienced veterans make fewer mistakes.

Even if Ariza works hard in the regular season, he will inevitably make mistakes in the playoffs for the first time in his career. It is indeed not as reliable as Eddie Jones at critical moments.

Eddie Jones played well in the playoffs this year, averaging 10.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 46.2% from the field and 37.8% from the three-point range. He is the most reliable sixth man on the Grizzlies bench.

After all, the annual salary of 1500 million is not in vain. Eddie Jones, no matter how serious the decline in his state in the past two years, still has a battle in his fuel tank, and he is highly valued by the coaching staff.

He has played well in the playoffs for several consecutive years and has rich experience, but his physical fitness is not good enough, so he must fish in the regular season.

If Jones played 40 minutes in every game, his old bones would definitely not be able to stand it, but if he played about 30 minutes in the first game, Jones would not disappoint.

The cruelty of the playoffs lies in the fact that every small detail may change the final result of the game. Veterans with experience are more reliable, and often making fewer mistakes is already the greatest team contribution.

Fratello nodded, agreeing to Lu Yong's proposal.

He didn't even bother to listen to the opinions of the other three assistant coaches around him, so he decisively decided to let Eddie Jones end and start.

G4 is very important to both teams, no matter who wins the final victory, it can affect the trend of the series.

The Mavericks' morale is high because they won G3. If they win the fourth game again, the morale of the Grizzlies will definitely be affected.

Even with home court advantage, players will be under more pressure than they are now.

On the other hand, if the Grizzlies win the next game and return to Memphis with a 3-1 match point, this round of the series will basically be stable, and the chance of variables will be minimized.

Lu Yong didn't want any accidents to happen, and half of his feet stepped into the finals. If he was overthrown by the Mavericks in the end, then he would suffer too much, and it would easily affect his bargaining chips this summer.

That night, the Cavaliers led by LeBron James swept the Bulls 4-0 and advanced to the finals first.

This year was supposed to be the Cavaliers and Pistons meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals. However, the butterfly effect instigated by Lu Yong caused chaos in the Eastern Conference rankings.

However, although the opponents of the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals have changed, the final result is still the same. The James era made it to the finals for the first time.
The Cavaliers have been able to dominate the East in the past two years, but the strength of the entire league is very average. The regular season record is not as good as the Rockets ranked sixth in the West.

Whether the Grizzlies enter the finals or the Mavericks this year, the champion will most likely stay in the West.

If the Cavaliers can avoid being swept by 4-0 in the finals, it will be considered a success. It will be difficult to win a victory, and it is too early to celebrate.

The next day, the fourth game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks started.

The Grizzlies adjusted the starting lineup at the beginning of the game, and put their strength on Nowitzki, who scored 3 points in G33, making it difficult for him to catch the ball in the first quarter, and he was determined to implement the double-team tactic to the end.

Nowitzki's abnormal performance caused the Mavericks to fall into a passive position from the beginning. Even if the referee helped, it was useless, and the point difference was quickly opened.

Nowitzki is a man but not a god. Even if he just scored 30+ in the last game and led his team to win, it can't change the fact that he feels bad tonight.

Today Nowitzki was pinched so badly that his hips were completely stretched. After the first half, he only scored 7 points, setting a new low in halftime scoring in this year's playoffs.

Veteran Eddie Jones is very experienced in assisting defense. He can always appear in places unexpected by Nuo Tianwang, secretly steal the ball with his ghostly hands, and assist his teammates to play sharp fast-break counterattacks.

In the third quarter alone, Jones sent 4 steals, cutting off the connection between Nowitzki and his teammates, and became a surprise player in the G4 game tonight.

Only at this time, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace will feel better. The annual salary of 1500 million is not in vain. Compared with the real garbage contract, the old Jones can still make a lot of contributions after all.

Except for Dirk Nowitzki, who feels bad, other Mavericks players on the offensive end are also not allowed.

Only big centers Dampier and Josh Howard shot more than 5% from the field, and the others all shot below 50%.

The sixth man on the bench, Stackhouse, was also a blacksmith this time. He was defended by Ariza, who was also reduced to the bench. He made 9 of 2 shots and only scored 5 points in the first three quarters.

Devin Harris still failed to change the fate of being emptied on the periphery. He made 5 of 1 three-pointers and almost didn't piss off the head coach Avery Johnson.

After three quarters, the Grizzlies led 86 to 62, and the game almost entered garbage time ahead of schedule.

埃迪琼斯今晚表现抢眼，三节拿下14分4篮板3助攻5抢断，三分球4投3中。

It perfectly interprets the meaning of the saying that an old family is like a treasure.

In the final quarter, the Mavericks' offense was still struggling, and they were unable to open the situation for a long time.

As the point difference was widened to 30 points, both teams replaced the main players tacitly.

At the end, 116 to 90, the Grizzlies led 3 to 1 and returned to Memphis with the match point.

The Mavericks have been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and one step back is the cliff where they go home to fish.

The victory of this G4 game made the Grizzlies fans breathe a sigh of relief. They were only short of the last victory from reaching the finals for the first time in team history.

In the history of the NBA, there have only been six times when a 1-3 deficit was reversed. The most recent one dates back to the Heat in 1997 ten years ago.

The reason is that the two teams broke out in the largest playoff conflict in history in the life-and-death game of G5.

At that time, Heat forward PJ Brown maliciously fouled Knicks forward Charlie Ward, which caused dissatisfaction with Knicks main players Ewing, Larry Johnson and others.

They couldn't bear it on the bench, rushed into the field and created a huge riot, and the scene became chaotic in an instant.

Because PJ-Brown and 5 players of the Knicks violated the relevant regulations, they must be suspended.But the Knicks punished five players at once, causing them to fail to form the minimum number.

Therefore, the league decided to punish the five players under the Knicks in batches.

Ewing, Allan Houston and Charlie Ward were suspended in Game 6.Larry Johnson and Starks were suspended in Game 7.

The suspension of the five players also changed the fate of the Knicks, who were eventually overturned by the Heat with a 3-1 lead and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Grizzlies fans don't believe that they are so unlucky, and they don't believe that the Grizzlies coaching staff will repeat the same mistakes.

This round of the Western Conference Finals has reached the present, and the chances of the Mavericks coming back and advancing are infinitely close to zero.

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